Author: Coy Barefoot

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Misquoting Jesus: An interview with religious scholar Bart Ehrman

Bart Ehrman is the chair of the department of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He’s an expert on the early Christian church and the life of Jesus. He joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss his bestselling book Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why. Ehrman traces the early evolution of the Gospels and how slight alterations came about by early scribes who may have made copying mistakes, introducing apocryphal stories. But he says archaeological work is helping scholars like himself find out more about the real history of the New Testament. Ehrman also says the idea of the inerrancy of the Bible is a product of the 20th century. You can also tune in for a twenty second definition of the Gnostics!



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Author Examines Supreme Court’s Key Decisions

Author and Attorney Michael Trachtman joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss his new book, The Supreme’s Greatest Hits: 34 Supreme Court Cases that Most Directly Affect Your Life. “During the Alito and Justice Roberts hearings it became more and more apparent to me that there was a tremendous amount of misinformation being doled out to the electorate, to American voters, to the public in general.”

Trachtman examines the cases that “really affect the way people live and really go a long way toward defining what we call our American way of life.”



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Two takes on the General Assembly’s one-day veto session

The General Assembly convenes today to consider amendments and vetoes made by Governor Kaine. Coy Barefoot recently spoke two top officials to get their take on what’s going to happen. Jesse Ferguson is the chief of staff for Brian Moran, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. Jeff Ryer is the press secretary for Del. Morgan Griffith, majority leader.
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Charlottesville–Right Now: Bob Gibson on the future of rescue squad service in Charlottesville

Bob Gibson of the Charlottesville Daily Progress joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss local and state politics. This week’s topics of conversation is the future of rescue squad service in the Charlottesville area. The city of Charlottesville is studying the possibility of starting its own ambulance service, which officials with the Charlottesville Area Rescue Squad.

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CRN: A book editor talks blogs

How are blogs changing the world? Book editor Tom Sumner joins Coy Barefoot on to discuss about how blogs have changed coverage of politics. He says people looking for political news may end up on a blog, and may not even know it.”The top-down model is being shifted so that people who have a genuine interest in a story can create their own little media center on their blog,” says Sumner. He says consumers have much more control over what stories they view and read, and that old media picks up on stories that are hits in the blogosphere. For instance, the controversy of the firings of eight U.S. attorneys was inflamed by bloggers like Josh Marshall and Talking Points Memo.
Coy helps track Virginia politics on the blog for the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.



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Charlottesville Area Community Foundation hands out nearly $150,000 to area non-profits

Holly Hatcher works with the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, which has recently handed out nearly $150,000 to area non-profits as part of its Community Endowment awards. Holly joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss which organizations will get a helping hand this spring.



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Charlottesville–Right Now: Benjamin Barber says America has been Consumed

Dr. Benjamin Barber’s new book is Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole. Barber is a fellow at Demos, a research and policy organization, and he joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss the book, which he says puts forth the idea that capitalism is in trouble.”If you can produce goods that meet the real needs of real people, you can make a profit,” says Barber. But he says that certain firms have been building up false needs to make money. Consumed traces Barber’s theory, which alleges that the needs of modern capitalism have encouraged people to spend and discouraged savings. Subscribe with Bloglines



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Charlottesville–Right Now: 34th House District Candidate Margi Vanderhye

Margi Vanderhye is a candidate for the House of Delegates seat being vacated by Del. Vince Callahan. Callahan has the District 34 seat since 1968. Vanderhye joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about how she thinks the changing dynamics of Northern Virginia politics could open up opportunities for Democrats. The Republicans currently hold an 11-seat majority in the House of Delegates.

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A look at the Biscuit Run development

Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joins WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now each Tuesday for a discussion of growth and development issues. This week, he and Coy Barefoot discuss the Biscuit Run development slated for south of the City of Charlottesville. The Albemarle County Planning Commission rejected a rezoning request last night, but the development will now go before the county Board of Supervisors in early April.

Waldo Jaquith this week reported on cvillenews.com on the potential for a high price tag of the project.

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Jed Williams Steps Down as Best Seat Host

Jed Williams is stepping down as the host of WINA’s Best Seat in the House to take a position in Mobile, Alabama. Jed launched the show two years ago, increasing ratings for the station. Just before recording his final show for WINA, he joined Coy Barefoot to talk about his nine years at WINA and the rest of his career.